Showcase



e. STRONG.

SHOWCASE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I9, [921.

PatentedAug. 8, 1922,

UNITED Smm Paiem-are@ GEORGE srEoNe, or LONDON, ENGLAND, AssrGNOR, EY MEsNE' ASSIGNMENTS, ro JosErn DIXON CRUOIBLE COMPANY, or JERSEY CITY, NEW JERsEY, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHOWCASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

Application led July 19, 1921. Serial No. 485,863.

To all wlw/mt may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE STRONG, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Showcases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in show or display cases and it has for its object improvements by which certain advantages shall be obtained.

According to the present invention, a show or display case comprises the combination with a body, of a plurality of drawers or trays mounted therein one above the other, and a lever of the first order fulcrumed On the side of the body to which theA drawers or trays are operatively connected, one or more on one side of the fulcrum. The drawers or trays or any of them may be connected to the lever by links.

A pair of similar levers mounted one at each side of the body and each operatively connected to the drawers or trays may be provided and the said drawers or any of them may be mounted by hinges on a member carried on the pair of levers.

One form of the present invention will new be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. wherein 1 shows a side elevation in section of the show case closed,

Fig. a side elevation with the side wall removed of the display case opened, and

Fig. 3 a plan thereof.

The body comprises a base l and side walls Q and has shelves or supports 3, 4, 5, which divide it into sections. The portion above the shelf 5 has a curved glass cover 6. In the spaces between the shelves 3, 4 and 5 are drawers or trays 7, 8. A pair of levers 9, 10 are pivoted at 11, 12 to the side walls respectively and each lever is connected to the drawer 7 by a link 13 and to the drawer 8 by a link 14. The levers 9, 10 are condrawer 19 sliding in the space between the n said support and the base 1.

The trays or drawers may be divided into sections by partitions 20.

The member 15 is provided with a handle or knob 21.

When it is desired tO open the show or display case, the member 15 is pulled so that the levers 9, 10 rotate about their pivots 11, 12 whereby the tray or drawer 18 is withdrawn towards the rear and the trays or drawers 7, 8 are pushed out towards the front. The show or display case may be constructed of wood, cardboard orv other material.

What I claim is 1. A display case comprising in combination a body, a pair of levers of the first order fulcrumed one on each side of the body, a drawer connected by links to each lever on one side of the fulcrum, across member carried on the levers on the other side of the fulcrum, and a tray hinged to said cross member.

2. A display case comprising in combination a body, a pair of leversof the first order fulcrumed One on each side of the body, a

shelf in the body, a drawer arranged under said shelf and connected by links to each lever on one side of the fulcrum, a cross member carried on the levers on the other side of the fulcrum, a tray hinged to said vcross member and bearing on the upper side of the shelf, and a transparent cover for the top portion Of the' case arranged over the tray.

3'. A display case comprising in combination a body, a pair Of levers of the first order fulcrumed one on each side of the body, a plurality of drawers connected by links to each lever on one side of the fulcrum, a plurality of shelves disposed one above each drawer, a cross member forming a-closure for the case and carried on the levers on the other side of the fulcrum, a tray hinged to said cross member and bearing on the upper side of the shelf above the top drawer, and a transparent cover ,for the top portionv of the case arranged over the tray.

4. A display case comprising in combination, a body, a shelf mounted in said body and :forming upper and lower compartments drawer with said levers belowiv` the ulerum 5 pontsthereo, a closure for the upper Compeu'trnent4 of said body, `mounted on and cerl ried by sadlevers above the fulcrum points thereof, and a tray pivotally connected to said lever supported closure and bearing on 'said shelf Withnthe upper compartment of 10 said body. d w

Dated this fourth dey of July, *1921. 

